Building construction.



N. L. HEINZ,

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED-FEB.9.1914- RENEWED MAR. 19.19n.

Patented Sept. 3

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' BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patente'd Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed February 9, 1914,'Serial No. 817,403. Renewed March 19, 1917. Serial No. 155,953.

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS LiIInmz, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Salle, in the county of La Salle, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the constructlon of the outer walls of frame or stucco buildings, and the objects of my improvements are first to make a wind and moisture proof construction; second, to provide an unbroken layer of non-rusting sheet metal in the wall of a building; third, to provide a vermin proof wall; fourth, to make a simple, cheap and durable construction and other features to become apparent from the description to follow.

Heretofore frame and especially stucco houses have been usually constructed with the walls made of the usual upright studding covered on the exterior with wood sheathing and building paper over which is secured the clapboards or layer of stucco cement; the usual lat-h and plaster is secured on the inner side of the upright studding.

Since wood is becoming scarcer each year the tendency is to build more cement or stucco houses and these are objectionable because in wet weather, water seeps through the outer cement layer and wets the layer of building paper and wood sheathing which results in making the interior of the building damp and hasten the decay of the building. By the use of my invention this and other objectionable features are entirely eliminated.

To describe my invention so that others versed in the art to which it pertains can make and use the same, I have illustrated it on the accompanying sheet of drawing forming a part'of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of afragment of a wall of a building embodying my invention partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a plan section of the same; Fig. 3 is a similar view on an enlarged scale and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a sheet of metal used in the construction of my invention.

Similar reference characters refer to simi lar parts throughout the several views.

The upright studs 5 are of the usual construction to the inner side of which is sccured the layer of lath and plaster 6. To the outside of the studs 5 is securely nailed a layer of rust proof sheet metal which preferably consists ofthin sheets of zinc 8 which are preferably slightly overlapped at their horizontal meeting edges as indicated at 9 in Fig. 1. The usual furring strips 10 are nailed to the studs 5 over the sheet metal and the usual metal lath 11 and cement stucco 12 is secured to the outside of these furring strips 10.

The sheet metal layer serves to prevent moisture, wind and vermin entering the building from the outside and can conveniently be used for flashing around the eaves and at the window and door frames. Further, this metal layer in the building walls reduces the liability of destruction by fire. The size of the sheets of metal and the manner of securing the same in the building wall may be modified without in the least departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a building construction, a row of upright studs, a solid sheet of metal secured to said studs, furring strips secured on said sheet metal on the side opposite the studs, and registering with the studs, a layer of covering secured on the furring strips on the side opposite the sheet metal to form an air space between the sheet metal and the layer of covering and a second layer of covering secured to the studs on the side opposite the sheet metal to form an air space between the sheet metal and the second named layer of covering.

2. In a building construction, a row of upright studs, a solid'sheet of metal secured on the side of said studs, furring strips secured on said sheet metal on the side opposite the studs and registering with the studs, a layer of covering secured to the furring strips on the side opposite the sheet metal to form a plurality of noncommunicating air compartments between the sheet metal and the layer of covering and a second layer of covering secured to thestuds on the side opposite the sheet metal to form a plurality of noncommunicating air compartments between the sheet metal and the second named layer of covering.

3. In a buildingconstruction, a row of spaced studs, a solid sheet of non-rusting metal secured to said studs, furring strips secured. on said sheet metal on the side opposite the studs, a layer of covering secured on the fin-ring strips on the side opposite In testimony whereof I have signed my the sheet metal to form an air space bename to this specification in presence of two I tween the sheet metal and said layer of subscribing Witnesses, this 31st day of Jancovering and a second layer of covering senary, 1914, at Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

cured to the studs on the side opposite the NICHOLAS L. HEINZ. Sheet metal to form an air space between Vitnesses:

the sheet metal and said second layer of J. M. GEIB,

covering. A. J. BIEN.

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